January 2009
5 posts
The Problem? Gravatars.
After weeks of messing around and tweaking different settings on the wordpress site, I finally found a solution. Disable gravatars on the site. Yesterday I sent out a tweet about my problem and shortly afterwards I got a reply from @135746 telling me “it’s gravatars”. I have a plugin called “recent comments” that has an option to display gravatars next to...
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About to Launch
Polycareers is almost ready to launch. I’m just finishing up adding some of the primary companies that Cal Poly business students intern and work for. I am experiencing one problem however. Upon first visit to the homepage, it takes quite a while to load. I’ve done some research, and the only thing I can think of is it’s either A) some wordpress plugin is bogging it down or...
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Valuable Classes
This quarter I am taking a required Organizational Behavior course. Right away I knew I would love the class. It is easily one of the most valuable classes offered at Cal Poly. The gist of the course is how to work in a group or team of people and be effective in working toward a common goal. Key topics like how to diffuse conflict and positively influence others are just a couple of the...
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Danger of PolyCareers?
After talking about PolyCareers.com with a few students on campus, the worry of the site becoming a potential danger to relationships between companies and Cal Poly has been a topic of conversation. What will happen if students leave a review bashing on their internship experience with a certain company? We could be treading some dangerous waters.
When I think about these comments my mind...